Du Shiyi suddenly brought Pei Ning to Yuzhenguan, and Wang Rong was not prepared at all in advance. Although on the road from Liangjing to Chengdu, after years of her operation, and after entering Shu this time, she has made more money to maintain, the news channels are unimpeded, and she has the full support of Princess Yuzhen and Princess Jinxian, and whenever something happens in the palace, she can get the news immediately, but this time the decision of the Son of Heaven is obviously fast, and Pei Ning, the messenger, goes faster. Therefore, under Pei Ning's scrutinizing gaze, she suppressed the slight uneasiness in her heart and calmly looked directly into Pei Ning's eyes.

"It turned out to be Wang Yuanbao's daughter" Pei Ning took a breath lightly for a long time, and then looked at Du Shiyi with a smile, "Little junior brother, you have a unique vision. ”

Du Shiyi was a little weak-minded, Pei Ning's vision was unique, whether the four words were positive or derogatory, and she could only laugh. But Wang Rong explained apologetically: "Du Lang knew that there were many people who coveted me, and he had a lot of enemies, so in order to seek a perfect plan, he delayed the marriage. Moreover, he is determined to start a business first and then start a family, and I also agree, it is better than rushing to get married but being counted as better. ”

"Yuyao Lady is open-minded, and she spoke for him before she got married" Pei Ning snorted coldly, and seeing that Du Shiyi was still silent, he bowed his head and said, "Since you are happy with each other, how you want to plan for lifelong events, it is not my turn to make irresponsible remarks." It's just that although your parents are dead, junior brother, there are elders like your uncle above, if you blindly cross over, you will inevitably be blamed. ”

Although Pei Ning didn't say it explicitly, Du Shiyi heard that he didn't have any objections because of Wang Rong's family background, so he knew that the other party had already acquiesced, and hurriedly picked up the conversation at this moment: "Thank you for reminding the third senior brother, the old uncle has long known about me and the young lady." Moreover, when I went north to Youzhou, I once carried a letter to my uncle for my uncle. My uncle has made it clear that he is in charge of my marriage, and I don't care about my uncle.

"Zhu Po Jingzhao Gong really thinks about you. Little junior brother, you can have today, although you are also diligent and attentive, but also thanks to the support and love of these relatives. Previously, because of the proposal to suspend the rent and only collect the land tax, Song Kaifu received a lot of criticism, although he is the proposer, you are the executor, but the proposal of this matter should also be inseparable from you? When he asked this, Pei Ning had already shown a solemn expression.

Compared with the tea introduction, the rent adjustment is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's tax system, and the two taxes instead of the rent adjustment are far more extensive than the shaking xìng of the tea introduction, even if it has only been implemented in Chengdu so far, and extended to the implementation of the state of Yizhou Shu County. Therefore, since Pei Ning had already guessed it, Du Shiyi also nodded and admitted: "Yes, as early as a few years ago, when Yuwen Rong Tian Kuohu, I mentioned this matter to Song Kaifu, but at that time, Song Kaifu felt that the matter was very important, so it was temporarily shelved." It wasn't until I was issued as a Chengdu order and repeatedly wrote to him to inform him of the dispute between customers and residents in Chengdu, which led to his pilot book. ”

"You......" Pei Ning glanced at Wang Rong, and suddenly asked thoughtfully, "Your marriage to Yuyao Lady has been able to endure so much for many years, why can't you wait a few more years for your whimsical ideas, at least until you have a full foothold in the court?" In this way, the people of the DPRK and China will compare you with Yu Wenrong, who has been repeatedly promoted by Tian Kuohu, and the pros and cons of this are based on your intelligence, and you will not know that Yu Wenrong is based on the shadow of the door, but you are the three heads and the first in the hall, everyone knows that you are only eight buckets high, and Wenhua is outstanding."

Faced with such a sharp and direct question, Du Shiyi couldn't help but fall silent. Can he still say that because he knows that in a few years, the Son of Heaven, who now seems to be virtuous, will make mistakes one after another, and finally bury this prosperous Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop? Can he still say that even if he is said to be a fool, he will not hesitate to just get enough voice and foothold in the shortest possible time in order to be able to resist the turbulent political situation in the future? Can he still say that he doesn't care about being a virtuous minister at all, and all the reprimands in the past are to pave the way for his smooth foundation?

However, he didn't speak, but Wang Rong opened his mouth to break the silence: "Pei Langjun questioned Du Lang's impatience, I have to say something." Not to attract envy is mediocre, at the beginning of Wang Shisanlang's song Yu Lun robe, praised by the world as a swan song, the head and the first, Shi Brown awarded Taile Cheng, what is the attention? But once he was calculated, he was far away from Jeju, but his relatives and friends tried their best to make him return to Beijing. It is safe to follow the step-by-step process, but the career is changeable, especially the fight of the gods, which affects the little ghosts, who knows that Du Lang wants to be stable, and others can make him stable? ”

Speaking of this, she paused, and then slowly walked to Du Shiyi's side and stood side by side with her: "Du Lang once said to me that the system of two taxes benefits the people who have less land in the world, and hurts the big landlords who have tens of thousands of land; The system of tea introduction hurts the benefits of tea merchants in tea shops, benefits tea farmers, and benefits the imperial treasury. If you can do it now, you can do it better than in the future. If he can be allowed to do it, he can make a demonstration of benefiting the people and the country, which is better than others tossing and turning in the future. I am a woman, and I don't understand many great principles that benefit the country and the people, but even if Du Lang is willing to do it, I am willing to spare no effort to help with manpower and material resources. Because I know that Du Lang is a responsible person. ”

The man and the woman stood side by side, looking at each other and smiling, Pei Ning actually remembered the four words for a while. Even if he saw Wang Rong before and knew her origin, he had no dissatisfaction or opposition to this marriage, but at this moment, another thought was born in his heart.

If you change to a daughter from a high-ranking family, will she support the bold Du Shiyi so much?

I'm afraid not, because those high-ranking in-laws are intricately intertwined, and those daughters have been pampered since childhood, where will they know what people's livelihood is suffering? Only a family like Wang Yuanbao, who has been humble and wealthy from the cold, and has seen the warmth of human feelings, will be prepared for danger in this peaceful and prosperous world.

"Little junior brother, you are indeed unique."

This is the second time Pei Ning has said that he has a unique vision. If the meaning was still a little unclear last time, then this time, Du Shiyi could clearly distinguish that Pei Ning was moved by Wang Rong's words. At this moment, his heart finally became truly relaxed, and he took Wang Rong's hand with a smile in front of Pei Ning, and then opened his mouth to invite: "Since the third senior brother is here, he will stay here for dinner." The appointment has arrived, and you, the deputy envoy, have been ironclad, and we should also discuss and discuss where to start next. ”

Pei Ning was only invited by Du Shiyi, so he stayed immediately, and after dinner, he saw the huge woodcut map in Wang Rong's study, and he was immediately moved. It is true that ordinary merchants would have prepared their own maps for the needs of the merchants, but most of them were shoddy and shoddy, and they were very different from the official versions, but the one that Wang Rong treasured was a woodcut version, which was comparable to the version of the map he had seen when he was a school scholar in Jixian Palace, and it looked like it was some years old. When he learned that Wang Rong had sent someone into Shu and bought it at a high price of 1,000 guan by chance, he couldn't help but nod appreciatively.

"It's a good thing." After Pei Ning praised it, his finger pointed straight to the corner of the southwest, "Although now the Cha Yin Division has expanded to Jiannan Dao as you wish, since the five states you led before, you have already settled down properly." Then, you have promised your little apprentice before, you might as well start with Yazhou

The always serious Pei Ning would make such a joke with herself, Du Shiyi couldn't help but be a little surprised, but she also faintly noticed that Pei Ning seemed to be in a good mood. Naturally, he would not destroy the good mood of the third senior brother, but first stabilize the original five states, and then further expand, which was also his original purpose. However, after Pei Ning said this, he looked at Wang Rong again.

"Yuyao Lady, are you the host of the Yunshan Tea Shop, or does Ling Zun also know?"

"Grandpa only focuses on Liuli, this tea shop is originally set up in Shu for tea collection because I like to drink tea, and later because Du Lang has the heart to sell tea to the Xi Khitan, so the scale has increased more than ten times in a few years, although Grandpa knows a little, but the account is good, and the money is in and out, all of which are completely dúlì with Liulifang." Wang Rong knew that Pei Ning was a person who could be trusted, so he naturally made his debut, "Moreover, Du Lang is in Shuzhong, and the Yunshan Tea Store has something to do with it, and anyone who has a heart will know this, if people know that the proprietor of the Yunshan Tea Shop, Hui Niangzi, is related to Grandpa, wouldn't it tell others that Du Lang has a personal relationship with me?" ”

"It's a shame that you two have been able to hide it from the top and bottom for years......"

Without waiting for Pei Ning to continue, Du Shiyi coughed lightly: "Third Senior Brother, don't hold me and the young lady and hold on, it's not too early, how about we go back first?" Starting from the Ming rì, I am afraid that there are still people to see, and there are more preparations to be made before going on the road. ”

Du Shiyi was afraid that Pei Ning would ask more troublesome things, so she could only let go of the opportunity to meet the beautiful woman, and insisted on pulling Pei Ning back. Before leaving, he agreed with Wang Rong that the other party would take the first step and meet again in Yazhou at that time. Sure enough, after the night's subsidence, the families who heard the news came to visit and listen to the news, and the guests came one after another, and Du Shiyi and Pei Ning took the time to meet the king of Benzhou. After handing over to Wei Li, and temporarily recruiting Wu Zhiming to accompany him, after all these preparations stopped, Xian Yu Zhongtong took the initiative to come to the door.

"I heard that Ming Gong Gao ascended to the palace to serve the imperial history, led the tea to lead the envoy, not rì is about to set off to build the tea introduction division of various states, to Bucai, Mianzhou Zhao Envoy Jun is quite familiar, Ming Gong set off to go south first, to wish to go north to Mianzhou to promote the tea politics for the envoy, I don't know if Ming Gong may allow?"

Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, during his time in Chengdu, Xian Yu Zhongtong has always cooperated well, not to mention that going to Mianzhou is indeed not a way, Du Shiyi sighed slightly, and then nodded happily and agreed: "Since Zhongtong has this heart, Mianzhou and Hanzhou will be handed over to you."

As soon as these words came out, Xian Yu Zhongtong's face showed surprise, and he promised angrily: "Please rest assured, Ming Gong, I will do my best." ”